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    The 8×50mmR Lebel (8mm Lebel) (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P.) rifle cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and...
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    refers to the overall length of the loaded cartridge All measurements are in mm (in) .32 caliber Hogg, Ian V., and John S. Weeks. Military Small Arms of the...
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  • into a semi-smokeless cartridge, following upon the heels of France's 8 mm Lebel cartridge, the first smokeless military round. This new round was designated...
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    Vieille. Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Lebel contributed a flat nosed 8 mm full metal jacket bullet ("Balle M," or "Balle Lebel"). Twelve years later, in 1898...
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    Swiss 7.62×54mmR 8mm Lebel .303 British .30-06 Springfield 7.5×54mm MAS RWS Rifle Cartridge Brochure showing 8×57mm IR, 8×57mm IS and 8×57mm IRS cartridge...
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    Lebel 8mm Remington Magnum 8×50mmR Mannlicher 8x52mmR Mannlicher 8×56mmR 8×57mm IS 8×58mmR Danish Krag 8×59mm Rb Breda 8×60mm S 8×63mm patron m/32 8×64mm...
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    (Predecessor to .30-06), 7×57mm Mauser, and 8×50mmR Lebel. The Remington Rolling Block was developed from the 1863 pattern .50 calibre split breech carbine issued...
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    new smokeless propellant, introduced as Poudre B in the 1886 pattern 8×50mmR Lebel, which started a military rifle ammunition revolution. At the time of...
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  • light, portable automatic weapon served by one man only, yet firing the 8 mm Lebel service ammunition. The project was led from the beginning by Colonel...
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  • rounds with pointed (spitzer) bullets: France in 1898 (8×50mmR Lebel Balle D spitzer 198 grains (12.8 g) with boat-tail), Germany in 1903 (7.92×57mm Mauser...
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